"over" and "in"
What is the difference between "over the past five months" and "in the past five months"?
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You normally use 'over' top emphasise changes occuring between the time before five months and now. You normally would use 'in' to emphasise the brevity of time. For example, 'In one week, I will finish school.' or 'We finished the project in three months.'
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answered Apr 18 '11 at 17:20
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Thank you very much!
As a second thought, if "in" is used, there would be no article "the", right? i.e. over the past six months (not "over six months"); in six months (not "in the past six months")
add commentAs I see it, the difference is here:
-"Over" takes advantage of all the time mentioned, or most of the time.
-"In" might refer to several instances of the situation at the time period mentioned.
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I might be wrong; all my answers are just the way I feel it. I am not a native speaker :)
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answered Apr 18 '11 at 17:21
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No really understand what you mean. :)
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